KROQ-ing the Campaign
Begs the question: What did the Mayor contribute and why did he appear on the show? Jimmy pushed the construction paperwork through the City Hall approval process. He appeared on the show to let other people pat him on the back.
That’s as dire as things are in the Hahn re-election campaign? He’s been reduced to tooting his own horn for helping one (albeit VERY deserving of the help and EXTREMELY appreciative of the outpouring of support) family? Kevin (or Bean, I can’t tell them apart) did the hard work for us and pointedly asked the Mayor: if the young woman and her family weren’t constituents, and if he wasn’t running for re-election, would he have been so willing to help them?
How many constituents contact Jimmy’s office every day seeking help or support? Do they get their permits pushed through? Only if their last name is "Abrams" and they contribute to his campaign accounts. How many of the requests does his office ignore? I’m happy he helped a deserving family, but his act would seem more altruistic if he didn’t turn it into a shameless and tactless (although desperately needed) publicity stunt to boost his flailing campaign.
Great for KROQ. As for Jimmy, think with something other than election returns next time.
Posted by Anonymous @ 1/28/2005 03:21:00 PM
7 Comments:
Very sad. Mayor hides out at a radio show. Refuses to debate in Valley.....at any chambers or neighborhood councils or homeonwer's associations or.....and the list goes on !!
Hey, nice you helped build a house, but building and safety and their one stop centers now do this on expedited basis all the time. You did nothing special, Mayor and you ARE nothing special.
Help expedite our getting more cops...running through that process. Help expedite our transportation problems......instead of refusing to take the leadership role in the MTA and passing it on to someone else. . . . . hey wait a minute.....isn't that what you do all the time? Pass the buck ? Have some one else do the work.......and then take the credit !!!!
Gee...you people are as bitter as it gets! I am sure that of you actually worked in a political office you would know that offices help out lots of different people all the time for various reasons. Yes, during campaign season the elected official does "toot their own horn" as you put it, but that is how people KNOW ABOUT THE GOOD THINGS electeds do. The elected I work for (not the Mayor before you jump all over my case) talks about the good things they do publicallya round campaign season. THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO DO.
To the prior poster. Yes, that is what your supposed to do, however, the point your missing is that your supposed to really do things that are important to the City AND you NOT supposed to take credit for things others do.
To the previous poster:
Yes, we all understand candidates toot their own horn during election season. Unlike Jimmy K., most candidates have something more substantial to shout about than helping one family get the permits they would have anyway.
If Hahn actually had something worthy to shout about, like giving the city the police officers he promised us when we made the egregious mistake of electing him in 2001, or graduating more of the city's high school students, or helping poor commuters deal with horrific traffic, I would understand him promoting himself. I agree with the author that his ploy seems shameless and tactless and a publicity stunt.
Mr. Mayor, do something worth shouting about, and maybe people will listen.
To the previous poster:
Yes, we all understand candidates toot their own horn during election season. Unlike Jimmy K., most candidates have something more substantial to shout about than helping one family get the permits they would have anyway.
If Hahn actually had something worthy to shout about, like giving the city the police officers he promised us when we made the egregious mistake of electing him in 2001, or graduating more of the city's high school students, or helping poor commuters deal with horrific traffic, I would understand him promoting himself. I agree with the author that his ploy seems shameless and tactless and a publicity stunt.
Mr. Mayor, do something worth shouting about, and maybe people will listen.
It wouldn't matter what Hahn did-you would slam him anyway. I am a newbie to this blog and am appalled at the one sidedness. You sound very petty and jealous...maybe you applied for a job in the mayor's office and got turned down?
To the Newbie:
Look around at all the blog entries that have been put up by the Sister City Team and the postings by the bloggers here. Hahn just happens to be the one getting hit here right now, but it can easily change to Villaraigosa or Hertzberg in a split second.
Stick around, keep reading, and you'll see what I mean.
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